Permanent Restore point

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Silvio Galli

Many programs create automatically a restore point. So it happens that
some restore point that I created manually, are deleted and
substituted by the new ones.

Is it possible to create a permanent, read only restore point that
reflect a configuration of the system that is really stable?
 
B

Bert Kinney

Hi,

No, and here's why.

Tips Fixes and FAQ: Can I permanently save or backup a restore point for
later use?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#SaveRestorePoints

By designed and under normal conditions System Restore will
automatically create a new restore point every 24 hours.

When the allotted disk space is reached, the oldest restore point will
be purged on a first in first out (FIFO) basis. Otherwise, restore
points over 90 days are purged automatically by default.

Each one of these restore points are chained (or linked) together with
previous restore points. When a restore point is chosen, all restore
point created prior to that restore point are also required to complete
the restoration.

While all of this is going on, in real time, a log is being created or
updated that tracks the consistency between the files System Restore is
monitoring, and the files that are actually backed up. If an
inconsistency is found between the log file and the files located in the
System Volume Information folder, restore point corruption can occur. In
turn this causes the chain to become broken and any prior restore points
to become useless, thus causing System Restore to fail at a restore. At
this point all restore points would have to be purged to remove the
corruption. So you can see, backing up and restoring restore points
would cause an inconsistency in the restore log thus causing corruption
and the loss of all restore points.

Note: Any changes made within the System Volume Information folder
(where System Restore stores restore information) will almost certainly
cause the same corruption.
 

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